A Few Quiet Beers With God

Book Review

Title: A Few Quiet Beers With God

Author: John Perrier

Rating: ★★★★

Date Published: February 3, 2015

Publisher: JP Publishing Australia 

Genre: Dystopian/Sci-fi

Meet The Author:John Perrier Goodreads Page

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Synopsis:

Set in Australia in the year 2031, this story is science-fiction comedy at its best. 

When Dave, a hopeless but lovable 34 year old, meets Alexandra, the girl of his dreams, he feels as though his luck has finally changed. But due to his ineptness with technology, he tragically loses contact with her. 

Meanwhile, the lust for supremacy of two powerful Americans ignites a bitter feud. Their fight reaches around the globe and soon entwines not only Dave and Alexandra but also a superstar football player nicknamed ‘God’. 

Their final meeting precipitates an event that no-one saw coming. 

My Thoughts:

The author was kind enough to provide me with an E-copy in exchange for an honest review.  I found this book very enjoyable. It was a very fun and quick read.

After our main character Dave misses the first job interview, he decides to go to his favorite pub to have a few beers. That is where he meets Alexandra, they hit it off and soon Dave knows that she is the love of his life; unfortunately because of Dave's lack of knowledge in new technology he loses her number and loses all contact with her. While all this is happening in Australia, two very powerful American business men are having a feud over who gets the number one spot in TV ratings. What Dave doesn't know is that this two men are about to play a major role in his life. 

I found this book very funny and interesting.  The book is told in various perspectives, which made the book a faster and more enjoyable read. I also liked how well developed the characters were, it made them very likable; I especially liked our main character Dave he was very warm hearted. The book had several twist that I wasn't expecting the author really surprised me. In short this book is a very quick, funny, quirky sci-fi/dystopian that everyone should pick up at one point in their lives. 

-SandraTheBookWorm

I Heart Robot

Book Review

Title: I Heart Robot

Author: Suzanne Van Rooyen

Rating ★★★★★

Page Count: 304

Date Published: March 31, 2015

Publisher: Month9Books

Genre: YA Sci-Fi 

Perspective: Duo Quinn & Tyri

Meet the Author: Suzanne Van Rooyen

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Synopsis:

Sixteen-year-old Tyri wants to be a musician and wants to be with someone who won't belittle her musical aspirations.

Q-I-99 aka 'Quinn' lives in a scrap metal sanctuary with other rogue droids. While some use violence to make their voices heard, demanding equal rights for AI enhanced robots, Quinn just wants a moment on stage with his violin to show the humans that androids like him have more to offer than their processing power.

Tyri and Quinn's worlds collide when they're accepted by the Baldur Junior Philharmonic Orchestra. As the rift between robots and humans deepens, Tyri and Quinn's love of music brings them closer together, making Tyri question where her loyalties lie and Quinn question his place in the world. With the city on the brink of civil war, Tyri and Quinn make a shocking discovery that turns their world inside out. Will their passion for music be enough to hold them together while everything else crumbles down around them, or will the truth of who they are tear them apart?



My Thoughts:

The author and publisher Month9Books were kind enough to provide me with an E-copy in exchange for an honest review. I simply adored this book!! It made me cry tears of joy and sadness at the same time. It was such a beautiful read.

Quinn and Tyri had the same passion for music and they have been accepted to the Baldur Junior Philharmonic Orchestra, but that is where their similarities end. Quinn is a rogue robot whose whole life revolves around music and trying to be more human in a world where robots are fighting to be treated as equals. I really loved Quinn and his character development; he was such a sweetie and I loved how he wanted to fix the relationship between robots and humans peacefully. Tyri is your regular teenager, who just wants her mother to understand how important music is to her. Tyri is such a strong character; I loved how she never took crap from her boyfriend and how she saw the robots as more than just electronics. 

This book was written so beautifully, the world building and character development was just amazing! I loved it so much! The twists in this book caught me by surprise; I just loved how it kept me guessing.  I didn't want this book to end! When it did, I kept flipping the pages looking for more, but that ending, oh; that ending brought me to tears it was just perfect! I'm keeping my fingers crossed in hopes for a sequel. If you haven't picked this book up yet, I highly recommend you do! I love this book so much!!! 

-SandraTheBookWorm

These Broken Stars (Starbound #1)

Book Review

Title: These Broken Stars (Starbound #1)

Author: Amie Kaufman - Meagan Spooner

Date Published: December 10, 2013.

Publisher: Disney Hyperion

Page Count: 374

Rating:★★★★

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Meet the Authors: Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner

Synopsis:

Luxury spaceliner Icarus suddenly plummets from hyperspace into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive -- alone. Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Tarver comes from nothing, a cynical war hero. Both journey across the eerie deserted terrain for help. Everything changes when they uncover the truth. 

My Thoughts:

This is my first Sci-fi, survival book and I LOVED IT!! Let me start of by saying how amazingly written the crash of the Icarus was. I felt like I was one of the passengers and I was going down with it. The crash of the Icarus did remind me a lot of the Titanic movie, but that is where the similarities end. This story is so unique.

In this book we follow Mrs. Lilac Laroux the daughter of the richest man on the universe and Tarver a soldier turned into a war hero, while they try to survive in an abandoned planet; where they wait for rescue that with each passing day seems less likely to be coming.

I immediately fell in love with Tarver and Lilac; the growth these two characters went through in the book was extraordinary. Especially by Lilac she was a very strong character and she showed that she was more than just a rich girl in high heels.  The reason I gave these book four stars and not five was that some of the things that happened in this world left me scratching my head and some of my questions were left unanswered. If you're into survival books, sci-fi, even paranormal yes, this book had some paranormal aspects you should definitely pick this book up.

I'm so excited to continue with this series; I do believe they are companion novels, so you don't have to read this one to read the second one, but you should definitely read it. Lilac and Tarver's story deserves to be read! 

-SandraTheBookWorm

Waiting on Wednesday #17

Ten Thousand Skies Above You

Waiting on Wednesday is a meme hosted by Jill at BreakingtheSpine in which we spotlight a new release we can't wait to get our hands on.

Title: Ten Thousand Skies Above You

Author: Claudia Gray

Expected Release Date: November 3, 2015

Publisher: Harper Teen

Goodreads Link: Ten Thousand Skies Above You

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Synopsis:

Marguerite Caine has done the impossible, traveling to alternate dimensions with the Firebird—the brilliant invention of her parents, her boyfriend, Paul, and their friend Theo. But she has also caught the attention of enemies willing to kidnap, blackmail, and even kill to use the Firebird for themselves.

When Paul’s soul is splintered into four pieces—pieces that are trapped within Pauls in other dimensions—Marguerite will do anything, and travel anywhere, to save him. But the price of his safe return is steep. If she doesn’t sabotage her parents in multiple universes, Paul will be lost forever.

Unwilling to sacrifice her family, Marguerite enlists the brilliant Theo to help. The two forge a plan to save Paul and the Firebird, but succeeding means outsmarting a genius and risking not only their lives but also the lives of their counterparts in every other dimension.

Their mission takes them to the most dangerous universes yet: a war-torn San Francisco, the criminal underworld of New York City, and a glittering Paris where another Marguerite hides a shocking secret. Each leap brings Marguerite closer to saving Paul—but her journey reveals dark truths that lead her to doubt the one constant she’s found between the worlds: their love for each other.

Why I Need it in my Collection:

Well as you know from the review I wrote on A Thousands Pieces of You (I will Link Below) I adored the book and I'm dying to get my hands on the second one. The 192 days I'm going to have to wait are going to feel like an eternity. The synopsis immediately draws me in. I can't wait to read more about Paul and Marguerite's relationship and also getting to see the new universes Gray is going to takes us into. I know a rave a lot about covers, but guys this cover is just gorgeous; can we just take a moment to take all its beauty in. If you haven't picked up the first book in this series I highly recommend it! What book are you excited for? Let me know in the comments below. I would love to hear from you! 

A Thousand Pieces Of You Review

-SandraTheBookWorm

The cover and Synopsis got me like!

A Thousand Pieces Of You

Book Review

Title: A Thousand Pieces of You

Author: Claudia Gray

Date Published: November 4, 2014

Publisher: Harper Teen

Page Count: 368

Rating: ★★★★★

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Meet the Author: Claudia Gray

Synopsis:

Marguerite Caine’s physicist parents are known for their radical scientific achievements. Their most astonishing invention: the Firebird, which allows users to jump into parallel universes, some vastly altered from our own. But when Marguerite’s father is murdered, the killer—her parent’s handsome and enigmatic assistant Paul—escapes into another dimension before the law can touch him.

Marguerite can't let the man who destroyed her family go free, and she races after Paul through different universes, where their lives entangle in increasingly familiar ways. With each encounter she begins to question Paul’s guilt—and her own heart. Soon she discovers the truth behind her father’s death is more sinister than she ever could have imagined.

A Thousand Pieces of You explores a reality where we witness the countless other lives we might lead in an amazingly intricate multiverse, and ask whether, amid infinite possibilities, one love can endure

My Thoughts: 

In this amazing novel we follow our main character Marguerite and her father’s assistant Theo; while they travel through dimensions in pursuit of her father’s murderer Paul.  While Marguerite travels through these universes and lives her different life’s, she starts to question Paul's guilt and her feelings toward him. When she discovers the truth behind her father’s death she realizes how wrong everything she thought she knew was.

Holy Crap! Words cannot express my love for this book! This book was phenomenal, it immediately sucked me in. Getting to know all this alternate universes what just the beginning this book just blows your mind yes, my mind was blown. This book is definitely going on my 2015 favorites. It was so good. I read it in one sitting and gods forbid anyone bothered me while I was reading it. 

Gray's world building and writing is beyond superb, she had me thinking I knew exactly was coming, and then she would do a complete 180 spin on me, that would just blow me away. The character development was great also Marguerite was one kick ass character and for the boys especially Paul let’s just say I have another fictional boyfriend added to my ever growing list.  

Overall if you can't tell already, this book is amazing and you HAVE to read it! It's going to kill me to have to wait until November to read the next book, but in the mean time I may just reread it and keep fangirling over this amazing, amazing book. Also the cover is just gorgeous so you should go but it; it will look beautiful in your bookshelf. 

-SandraTheBookWorm

Waiting on Wednesday #9

The Cage (The Cage #1)

Waiting on Wednesday is a meme hosted by Jill at BreakingtheSpine in which we spotlight a new release we can't wait to get our hands on. 

Title: The Cage (the Cage #1)

Author: Megan Shepard

Expected Release Date: May 26, 2015

Publisher: Balzer+Bray/ Harpercollins

Goodreads Link: The Cage

Synopsis: 

When Cora Mason wakes in a desert, she doesn't know where she is or who put her there. As she explores, she finds an impossible mix of environments—tundra next to desert, farm next to jungle, and a strangely empty town cobbled together from different cultures—all watched over by eerie black windows. And she isn't alone.

Four other teenagers have also been taken: a beautiful model, a tattooed smuggler, a secretive genius, and an army brat who seems to know too much about Cora's past. None of them have a clue as to what happened, and all of them have secrets. As the unlikely group struggles for leadership, they slowly start to trust each other. But when their mysterious jailer—a handsome young guard called Cassian—appears, they realize that their captivity is more terrifying than they could ever imagine: Their captors aren't from Earth. And they have taken the five teenagers for an otherworldly zoo—where the exhibits are humans.

As a forbidden attraction develops between Cora and Cassian, she realizes that her best chance of escape might be in the arms of her own jailer—though that would mean leaving the others behind. Can Cora manage to save herself and her companions? And if so . . . what world lies beyond the walls of their cage?

Why I Want to Read it!

This book sounds so creepy and interesting, a human zoo in a different planet I have never read anything like it. I also have never read anything by Megan but I do own her previous series The Madman's Daughter which I will dive into as soon as I'm done reading Harry Potter. But back to this book I'm very interested in it and I can't wait to get my hands on it. What book are you waiting to get your hands on? Leave a comment below I would love to hear from you!